Media attention helps spread the word of what we do and also helps us gain the support necessary to continue. Here are a few media pieces that feature Ocean healing Group.
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Who Says They Can’t Rappel Down a Waterfall?
Christine Krishnan
Ocean Healing Group was featured in The Tico Times highlighting an inspiring adventure in Costa Rica involving Irish teens with disabilities participating in surfing, rafting, canyoneering, and waterfall rappelling.
The article shares how Ocean Healing Group supported these teens through adaptive outdoor experiences as part of the “In Your Shoes” reality show. The program showcased courage, inclusion, and the power of adventure to break physical and personal barriers.
Catching up with Christiaan Bailey…
The Worldwide ASPect
Christiaan Bailey, class of 2000, has taken his education out of the classroom, into the ocean and around the world. Holder of seven Guinness World Records in surfing, he founded Ocean Healing Group after suffering a severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Happy in the chair
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Holly McGlynn was stunned last March when she received a Facebook message from Christiaan “Otter” Bailey, a professional surfer and skateboarder.
The healing waves of surfing
Patricia La Bella, Orange County High School Sports Examiner
One chilly afternoon atop a Utah mountain, 15-year old Spencer Fox‟s life changed. While snowboarding, Spencer caught an edge on his board and catapulted head first into a rock-hard snow bank. This tragic accident broke Spencer‟s neck, crushing his spine in two places.
“The Ocean is a Great Teacher.” The Ocean Healing Group makes a HUGE difference in the lives of these young people…
Celia A. Brewer
The organization — “Ocean Healing Group — is the brainchild of Frank Bauer, an Aspen volunteer firefighter, longtime local and lifelong surfer.
In my last entry, I conveyed our excitement about an upcoming trip to Costa Rica with Ocean Healing Group (OHG), an organization dedicated to taking kids in wheelchairs on week-long adaptive surf adventures in Costa Rica.
Aspen-based nonprofit teaches wheelchair-bound kids to surf
By Andrew Travers
An Aspen-based nonprofit is empowering kids with disabilities by teaching them to surf in Costa Rica.
It might come as a surprise that the world’s only surf camp for disabled kids and teens is based here in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, far from any ocean shores.
Making Anything Possible
By Erika Bogan
As a nine-year veteran and athlete in the disability community, I have been blessed with many adventures and opportunities to meet some of the most amazing, vivacious people in the world. When I sustained a spinal-cord injury at age 21, as a result of a domestic violence incident, I had no idea it would be the start of a new life.
From the very beginning, I made up my mind anything was possible, and I was not only going to prove that to myself but to others through my journey. Some of the opportunities I have been blessed with include holding the title of Ms. Wheelchair America 2010, being part of Team Colours, for Colours Wheelchair, and of course participating in my favorite sport, surfing…
A “surf’s up” Thanksgiving for local disabled teenager
By Berkeley Brean
Chase Marcott straps himself into wheelchair do one of the things he loves. Basketball.
Born with spina bifida, Chase has lived his whole life in a wheelchair. But he’s on the Rochester wheelchair basketball team and he competes in track and field. And the trophies and medals on display in his home shows he does both well…